'Stop giving excuses': Rahul's rebuttal to ECI's 'fact-check'; targets Gyanesh Kumar

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi escalated his onslaught connected Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar hours aft the canvass assemblage "fact-checked" the Congress leader's caller claims connected his "vote chori" charge.Hitting backmost astatine Gyanesh Kumar, Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission main of blocking the FIR and CID probe into the alleged fraud successful the Aland assembly constituency, which was won by a Congress campaigner successful the 2023 polls."If this ballot theft had not been caught and the 6,018 votes had been deleted, our campaigner could person mislaid the election," Rahul Gandhi said.He besides asked Gyanesh Kumar to "stop giving excuses" and merchandise the grounds to the Karnataka CID."After our Aland campaigner exposed the fraud, the section EC authoritative filed an FIR, but the CID probe has been - BLOCKED by CEC. The Karnataka CID has written 18 letters successful 18 months requesting each incriminating grounds - BLOCKED by CEC.

The Karnataka EC has sent aggregate requests to ECI to comply with the probe - BLOCKED by CEC. Details of destination IP, instrumentality ports, and OTP trails person been withheld - BLOCKED by CEC.

If this ballot theft had not been caught and the 6,018 votes had been deleted, our campaigner could person mislaid the election. CEC Gyanesh Kumar - halt giving excuses. Release the grounds to the Karnataka CID. NOW," the person of absorption successful Lok Sabha wrote connected X.

The Election Commission of India connected Thursday sharply rebutted Rahul Gandhi's allegation of monolithic deletion of votes successful Karnataka's Aland, calling it "incorrect and baseless."The canvass assemblage dismissed Rahul Gandhi's assertion that implicit six 1000 votes person been deleted successful the Aland assembly constituency conception successful Karnataka. EC made wide that "no deletion of immoderate ballot tin beryllium done online by immoderate subordinate of the public, arsenic conceived by Rahul Gandhi."EC added that nary deletion tin instrumentality spot "without giving an accidental of being heard, to the affected person."On Rahul Gandhi's assertion of the deletion of votes successful Aland, EC raised that successful 2013, unsuccessful attempts were made, but an FIR was filed to analyse the matter.It further cited records that notation "Aland AC was won by BJP's Subhash Guttedar successful 2018 and Congress's B R Patil successful 2023."